Marijuana and Cannabis News

Who regulates medical marijuana in California? Well, basically, nobody. State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano wants to change that. Today he announced legislation, introduced last month, that would bring medical cannabis under the policing of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

The proposal is called AB 473 and it would mandate that the ABC police "the entire supply chain" and "work to eliminate criminal involvement in the industry."The language of the bill also states that pot would be tested and that guidelines for growing would be established. LA Weekly has the rest.

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Stop giving away our rights so you can sell pot and appease the drug worriers! Wimpy damn politicians. This isn't the first time Ammiano. Prop 215 is the best law in the country. Nothing you put out can over ride the commerce clause federally. BUT you can mess up individuals rights by putting limits on them that are too small to grow. Meaning buying and a federal offense. Or by growing more than your limit and get busted as a state offense. Catch 22 we don't need. Forgetaboutit. Do what is right and logical and remove cannabis from the controlled substance list or continue harassing citizens with this silly incrementation! Enough already!

Raich v Gonzales granted the Federal government Commerce rights over selling or giving away more than reasonable amounts. States have authority over individuals growing reasonable amounts. Reasonable amounts have been established by the Feds IND program as 300 joints every 25 days or 100 plants per year. The 10th amendment was over ridden due to the Commerce clause. Its the IRS busting buyers clubs, not DEA. CA compassionate use act is the only state law permitting reasonable amounts for anyone for any reason. MMJ states, including CO and WA have limited themselves to a catch 22 impossible situation quantifying amounts that are impossible to grow individually. Forcing sales that are illegal under Fed jurisdiction. No one can grow an ounce or less. Over 30 countries are growing Hemp as the US maintains its ugly prohibition of it. Enough! Remove cannabis as a schedule#1 narcotic. Including Hemp that should have never been put there in the first place. Stop incrementalizing. Cannabis is safe, end of story. Follow CA or Bust'

President Ronald Reagan, at the urging of then Vice President George Bush, appointed Carlton Turner as the White House Drug (czar) Advisor in 1981. Soon after Drugczar Carlton Turner left office, Nancy Reagan recommended that no corporation be permitted to do business with the Federal government without having a urine purity policy in place to show their loyalty. Just as G. Gordon Liddy went into high-tech corporate security after his disgrace, Carlton Turner became a rich man in what has now become a huge growth industry: urine-testing.

"As someone who spent 35 years wearing a police uniform, I've come to believe that hundreds of thousands of law-enforcement officers commit felony perjury every year testifying about drug arrests."- Joseph McNamara, former San Jose Chief of Police

Cannabis use and Drivinghttp://endingcannabisprohibition.yuku.com/topic/623Marijuana use, as indicated by the presence of cannabis metabolites, is not associated with crash culpability among injured drivers, according to data presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine.

"Drivers under the influence of marijuana retain insight in their performance and will compensate where they can, for example, by slowing down or increasing effort. As a consequence, THC's adverse effects on driving performance appear relatively small."~ Robbe, NHTSA 1993